The "Java Intelligent Tutoring System" (JITS) research project focused on designing, constructing, and determining the effectiveness of an Intelligent Tutoring System for beginner Java programming students at the postsecondary ...

Two new families of building blocks have been prepared and fully characterized and their
coordination chemistry exploited for the preparation of molecule-based magnetic materials. The first
class of compounds were prepared ...

This thesis poses two fundamental issues regarding Hegel's philosophy of
intersubjectivity. Firstly, it examines Kojeve's problematic interpretation of
Hegelian intersubjectivity as being solely rooted in the dialectic ...

This study sought to explore the changing nature of the financial services industry in
Toronto, Canada and the impact that these changes will have on the vocational
educational outcomes required by Ontario Colleges of ...

The purpose of this project was to raise awareness surrounding child and adolescent mental health in an effort to reduce preconceived stigmas in relation to this specialized field. This project presented a literature review ...

Complex social-cognitive deficits are common in individuals diagnosed with high
functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Research on effective and evidence-based
social interventions is needed for this population. This ...

Dehumanizing ideologies that explicitly liken other humans to “inferior” animals can have negative consequences for intergroup attitudes and relations. Surprisingly, very little is known about the causes of dehumanization, ...

This study examined factors contributing to the differences in left ventricular mass as
measured by Doppler echocardiography in children. Fourteen boys (10.3 ± 0.3 years of
age) and 1 1 girls (10.5 ± 0.4 years of age) ...

The goal of this thesis was to study factors related to the
development of Brassica juncea as a sustainable nematicide.
Brassica juncea is characterized by the glycoside (glucosinolate)
sinigrin. Various methods were ...

The Beckman Helium Discharge Detector has been found to be
sensitive to the fixed gases oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen
at detection levels 10-100 times more sensitive than possible
with a Bow-Mac Thermal Conductivity ...

Micromorphology is used to analyze a wide range of sediments. Many microstructures have, as yet, not been analyzed. Rotation structures are the least understood of microstructures: their origin and development forms the ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the “Champion” training of the Therapeutic Recreation Specialist – Certified (TRSC) at Baycrest Health Sciences (BHS). BHS recently implemented a new model ...

Second-rank tensor interactions, such as quadrupolar interactions between the spin-
1 deuterium nuclei and the electric field gradients created by chemical bonds, are
affected by rapid random molecular motions that ...

This is a narrative design study focusing on the understandings that a group of 6 Southern Ontario teachers have of cultural diversity and how these understandings integrated into their development of teacher identity. ...

This study examined the strategies used by elementary school principals to
facilitate and nurture the development of professional learning communities (PLC) within
their school settings. Using a reputational sample of ...

Ethnographic methods were used to study a weekly after-school physical activity program over an eight-month period. Based on Hellison’s Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model, the program sought to foster ...

This study sought to identify and suggest ways to develop physical activity habits in
school-aged children and adolescents that could help them continue healthy active
practices throughout their lifespan. A systematic ...